and that's a major route between savannah and macon. right around this time yesterday, the white house announced that president obama prepares to visit the country of israel for the first time innist presidency. in our last meeting at the white house in march, president obama spoke with israelis prime minister benjamin netanyahu and described as a very tense encounter. what are the israelis hoping to hear from prime minister when he travels there? the deputy speaker of the israeli congress, thank you for being here. >> thank you, and it's my pleasure. >> what do you hope to hear or see from prime minister when he visits israel for the first time? >> first of all, we're very happy that president obama is coming to israel. duri during, we felt neglected, but he went to egypt, saudi arabia and skipped the only strongest ally of the u.s. and middle east so we're happy that he's coming to israel, and covering the issues and challenges that we're facing, mainly the issue of iran. i think it's about time to take action and we need to know that